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Most of know that there are two types of change: planned change and unplanned change. I like to plan for change because unplanned change usually ends up “biting me in the butt!” Sometimes, you just can’t seem to avoid what you didn’t foresee. In my community, where I live and return home to each night, […]

The Most Important Activity in College I teach a communications course to first-year college students and one question I often ask is: “Of the many opportunities college offers, what are you looking forward to over the next four years?” The overwhelming answer? Meeting new people and making friends. Here is the good news. On campus, […]

My five-year-old grandson spotted a man in a restaurant and stated in a very loud voice: “He’s fat and old!” While we all were quite embarrassed at the statement, my daughter-in-law abruptly and quietly stated to him, that words matter. When you say words that are unkind, people’s feelings get hurt. She went on to […]

“In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” This is a quote by the famous designer Coco Chanel. I encourage my students to be unique; I teach my students to show their individuality when creating a personal website or LinkedIn account. Being unique displays confidence and self-assurance and that is what employers like […]

What are the questions that first-year college students ask? What major should I choose in college? What career will I pursue? Some people say, follow your passion. Others, find a good paying job. For me, I want to know What am I going to do? But it is important to ask: What do you want to […]

College is a time for exploration and taking risks. From the professor’s chair, I see students from every stage, maturity level, and economic background. What binds them all together is the experience of taking risks to explore their own gifts and direction. Recently, I was speaking to a group of students about this very subject […]

Due to the changing nature of the work environment, from bounded careers to boundaryless careers, networking is still a skill that must be learned. Students planning to work in today’s business environment must be entrepreneurial. That means students must take responsibility for their own career path. This paper describes an exercise that teaches students the […]

I just came back from cycling Madagascar. This was a week’s fundraising trip for the Genesis Research Trust—a non-profit research organization for the health and welfare of women and children. It was a very challenging cycling event for a very good cause. Forty-two women signed on for this cycling challenge; the bike ride was one […]

I was in a meeting where a woman rolled her eyes at something someone said. This body language—rolling of the eyes—was significant enough for the person speaking to stop and ask the reason why the woman was troubled. The encounter between the two people continued, because the person speaking was appalled at the expression and […]

Here are some ways you can balance your time when there never seems to be enough of it. By Kelci Lynn Lucier, Contributor |Oct. 5, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. US News & World Report A common perception both among and of college students is that they are always short on money. While this may be […]